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                    <h2>Richard Hughes’ Curriculum Vitae</h2>

                    <p><a href="mailto:richard.j.hughes@hotmail.com" title="E-Mail Address">richard.j.hughes@hotmail.com</a></p>

                    <p><b>Professional Experience</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>C# 2.0/3.5 – 5 Years</li>
                        <li>ASP .NET 2.0/3.5 – 5 Years</li>
                        <li>SQL – 5 Years</li>
                        <li>Visual BASIC .NET 2.0 – 1.5 Years</li>
                        <li>JavaScript inc. jQuery – 1.5 Years</li>
                        <li>PHP – 6 Months</li>
                        <li>ASP .NET MVC – 3 Months</li>
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                    <p><b>Development Platforms</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2008 R2</li>
                        <li>Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2</li>
                        <li>Windows XP, Vista and 7</li>
                        <li>IIS 6.0/7.0</li>
                        <li>Windows Mobile 4.0/5.0/6.0</li>
                        <li>SharePoint Portal Server 2003</li>
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                    <p><b>Education	2003–2005	Northampton College</b></p>
                    <p>BTEC National Diploma IT Practitioners (Software Development)</p>
                    <p>Final grade:- DDM</p>
                    <p><i>Grades:- D – Distinction, M – Merit, P – Pass</i></p>

                    <p><b>Interests and Activities</b></p>
                    <p>I am a hard working individual who enjoys a challenge and can produce high quality work, on time, whilst under pressure. I enjoy working on new and existing systems and technologies, especially Microsoft .NET which I have been using professionally for over 5 years. I am constantly looking into new and upcoming technologies. At this moment in time, I am looking into Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and ASP .NET MVC with great interest. I find that LINQ provides great benefits in many instances. I am actively using JQuery with a view to using AJAX to the full. With the benefit of being integrated into Visual Studio 2010, I feel that this is a very good technology to invest time into.</p>
                    <p>I have spent 2 and a half years leading development of W3C compatible websites such as <a href="http://www.dunstable.gov.uk" title="Dunstable Council Website">http://www.dunstable.gov.uk</a> and the <b>award winning intranet</b> MAVIS used by Aylesbury Vale District Council. I have also done extensive work on <a href="http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk" title="Aylesbury Vale District Council Website">http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk</a> and their recruitment application.</p>
                    <p>When working, I enjoy being in a team environment and work diligently to meet all deadlines that are set. I am able to learn new technologies and styles of work quickly and when required. I work honestly and am able to meet strict deadlines.</p>
                    <p>When I am not programming, I like to be as sociable as possible. This includes going out with friends, attending public events, public speaking and spending time with my wife.</p>

                    <p><b>Experience	October 2010 – March 2011 for Anywhere SG Ltd</b></p>
                    <p><b>Software Developer</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>Improve legacy system by using new technologies to solve customer demands</li>
                        <li>Created rich AJAX applications using MVC, jQuery and C#</li>
                        <li>Designed and developed system database alongside with managing director</li>
                        <li>Injected fresh and innovative ideas into product portfolio that are being used by current clients</li>
                        <li>Created documentation for new systems</li>
                        <li>Worked with fellow software engineers to assist and learn about existing systems</li>
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                    <p><b>February 2008 – September 2010 for Web-Labs Ltd</b></p>
                    <p><b>Software Developer</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>Developed W3C compatible websites using ASP .NET, C# and JavaScript</li>
                        <li>Assist in entire product development lifecycle, ensuring that product is to specification and is delivered on time with the minimum of bugs.</li>
                        <li>Expanded company’s popular CMS system</li>
                        <li>Communicate with client to complete product specification</li>
                        <li>Develop product in accord with clients requirements, making changes as they need</li>
                        <li>Deliver products on time and to specification</li>
                        <li>Maintain product and client relationship with company</li>
                        <li>Visit clients to discuss future requirements and to demonstrate new/existing products</li>
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                    <p><b>2007 - Softlab Ltd – Under Generic Software Plc.</b></p>
                    <p><b>System’s Analyst</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>Bespoked Pivotal CRM system to customer’s demand. Required learning Pivotal CRM, assisting with design specs and interaction with the team using C#</li>
                        <li>Refactored old code to use modern designed patterns and frameworks</li>
                        <li>Created and aided design for plug-in based messaging system to support client implementation of Pivotal CRM</li>
                    </ul>

                    <p><b>2007 - Generic Software Plc.</b></p>
                    <p><b>Software Developer</b></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>Met with Generic Software to discus requirements for numerous projects. From these, I developed outline plans and time scales with costings.</li>
                        <li>Extended flagship company software to meet with new requirements. This involved learning a new programming style and methodology. We used AJAX and VB .NET with SQL Server 2005.</li>
                        <li>Refactored in-house product to meet with new requirements. This required reading and understanding project documentation and/or the actual project code accurately and in a short period time.</li>
                        <li>Developed and designed a web-part based portal application from the ground up with extensibility, portability, customizability and easy code maintenance in mind.</li>
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                    <p><b>2007 - Present (Sideline constant contact) for CSI Equipment Ltd.</b></p>
                    <p><b>Software Developer – Contractor</b></p>
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                        <li>Liaised with project representative to gather and discuss solution requirements.</li>
                        <li>Designed and developed company’s flag ship website which is used to distribute their main product with C# and ASP .NET</li>
                        <li>Delivered solution in stages and altered / refactored solution as customer requirements changed. This was based on C# 2.0 with ASP .NET 2.0</li>
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                    <p><b>2006 – 2007 - MBR IT Solutions Ltd.</b></p>
                    <p><b>Software Developer</b></p>
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                        <li>Received technical and functional specification from lead developer and customer to develop a full application and database plan. This was done with E.R.Ds and Pseudo code.</li>
                        <li>Used C# and ASP .NET 1.1 & 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 to create complete bespoke software systems. These were thoroughly tested internally and by the customer.</li>
                        <li>Methodologies such as Object Factories were implemented to create extendable and re-usable applications.</li>
                        <li>Existing systems were upgraded from native ASP code to ASP .NET and others re-built to make use of latest technology and design patterns.</li>
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                        <p>Mr Phil Doyal</p>
                        <p><a href="http://www.web-labs.co.uk" title="Web-Labs Ltd.">Web-Labs Ltd.</a></p>
                        <p>Tel: 01525 374859</p>
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                        <p>Mr Colin Brown</p>
                        <p><a href="http://www.contactanywhere.co.uk" title="Anywhere SG Ltd.">Anywhere SG Ltd.</a></p>
                        <p>Tel: 01908 255987</p>
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